Скачать или смотреть Defence Minister Ben-Eliezer wins leadership of Labour Party

(30 Dec 2001)

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1. Cars arriving to Labor party center
2. Various of people waiting outside the building
3. Mid shot Defense Minister Ben Eliezer entering the building
4. Various Ben Eliezer shaking hands with supporters
5. Various supporters congratulating to Ben Eliezer
6. Various Ben Eliezer at podium
7. Wide shot of audience cheering
8. Various people chanting
9. Mid shot Ben Eliezer speaking to the audience
10. More of people cheering

STORYLINE:

Israeli Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer accepted his appointment to be the new leader of the Labor party on Thursday.

He was elected after a contentious four-month battle against Parliament Speaker Avraham Burg.

The Iraqi-born Ben-Eliezer, 65, is the first Israeli of Middle East descent to take the top job in the European descent-dominated party, hoping to attract voters from his background, who traditionally back hawkish parties.

Labor is closely identified with Israeli-Palestinian peace talks and has suffered a severe loss of electoral support because of the breakdown of the negotiations and 15 months of violence.

Ben-Eliezer fought an uphill battle against Parliament Speaker Avraham Burg, 46, a charismatic, gifted speaker, who had a large early lead before the party primaries on Sept. 4.

But when the votes were counted, Burg had only a tiny lead, and both camps charged each other with election fraud.

In the end a re-vote was called in several dozen precincts.

The result was good news for Prime Minister Ariel Sharon, who put together a broad-based government after trouncing Labor's last leader, then-Prime Minister Ehud Barak, joining his hard-line Likud and its allies with the moderate Labor, naming Ben-Eliezer as defense minister and Labor peace pioneer Shimon Peres as foreign minister.

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